The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-06-24
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Condensed for the Convenience
of the Reader.
Accidents and Incidents of the
Past Few Days.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.


The United States court at st. Paul
mas adjourned until July Z.
The visible supply of wheat shows
decrease of 1874, 600 bushels.
George Cannon was arrested at San
Francisco for smuggling opium.
Jennie June" was feted by the New
England Press association last even
ing.
Two new cases of yellow fever at
Key West, making total of twenty
nine
Sinclair Tousey, president of the
american a News company, died in New
York.
The bodies OF two men. evidently
murdered, We're fonnd on the lake
shore at Chicago.
Mrs. Anna G. Ellis has been appoint
ed postmistress at Berlin, Steele
county, Minnesota.
John Ordway was shot and instantly
Killed by Buck" Sanders, at Parkers-
burg, West Virginia.
The doctors have consented to allow
Emperor William to start for Ems the
middle of next week.
Prince Bismarck has asked to la re-.
lleved of all State correspondence dur
ing his stay at FREDERICKSBURG.
A pleasing sight on the streets last
evening was party Of young ladies on
horseback, escorted by several gallant
bicyclers. '''
Harry Erdenberger, a boy of 18 wears
of st. Paul, committed suicide "sH' hv
shooting. He had had trouble with
his parents.
John Crett, found guilty of rape at
81. CLOUD. was given the extreme pen
ally OF the law, thirty years in the
Louis Tyson, a young Dane of Min
neapolis, attempted suicide because a
girl would not go out riding with him.
He will recover.
The grand jury at Denver has re-
turned six indictments against Sheriff
Cramer for false pretenses and NAL
feasance in office.
The Londo4 Post believes all am,ca-
bic arrangement with France in the
matter of the Anglo-Turkish conyen-
tion is imminent.
Inc st. Paul chamber of commerce
has adopted the report of the commits
tee tavorlng the location of the soldiers
home at Minnehaha Falls.
An epidemic called "Sardinian fever"
prevails along the western coast of
Mexico. 1t resembles yellow fever and
proves fatal in most cases.
The Washington Manufacturing
company OF Philadelphia has suspended
with liabilities of $55O,OOU. The nom
lnal assets exceed that amount,
~ university student from Breslau
has been arrested at Wurzburg on sus-
plclon of being concerned in a plot
against the life Of the Emperor Wil-
liam.
The steamship Nldette was lost June
10 Whlle on the passage from Boston
to Mobile. The crew, consisting OF
seventeen men, reached Pensacola in
open boats.
Peterson & Co., dealers in dry gouds
and millinery at Eau Claire, nave as
signed to VIM. ~. FraNley Their liza
blIlties are estimated aL ss5,OuO with
assets twice that amount.
1t is reported the plrneul1, iul,nd
10 oppose MIR. Smiths resolution, cIus-
Ing the debate, When IL is offered. hv Il
series OF motions which will ie;,G tn
their suspension from the house.
Samuel Meyers, superintendent Of
the Mlanl lni.) county sSyiun for the
poor, has beell arrested. charged with
1earfully beating without cause the
feeble Inmates OF the iusLltuLiun.
The Rev. r. e. Tuner, of Jordan.
Hickman county, Ky, took cailu.,i
of cattle to Arkansas for neighbor.
After selling them for $l,50u he de-
camped with the money. lie was last
heard from in New York.
Agitation in favor of stringent
measures for the protection OF German
agriculture is growing daily. A peti !.
tion containing 10000 signatures has
been presented to the Reichstap. ask
ing relief in that direction.
Samuel L. Gibson, prominent
young attorney Of Erie, Penn, was ac-
Gently drowned in the bay while fish
ing. He was last year appointed agent
at the Fort Peck Indian agency, but
resigned after visiting the agency.
y bottle has been found in MiIwau-
kee containing time stained paper
signed by one Henry Paine, in which
he confesses the murder of Willie
Dickinson, a year old boy, who mys-
terlously disappeared in 1881. The
writer states where the body was
buried.
The situation in Chihuahua, Mexico,
where there are two rival governors
and state legislatures. excites much
interest, but it is not believed that the
federal government will actively inter-
fere except to preserve the peace. 1t is
thought the matter will be settled with
out resort to arms.
The East York. Ontario, farmers
institute has passed a resolution favor
ing commercial union with the United
States. The Toronto board of trade
has resolved that while increased trade
with the United States and all other
people is desirable Canadians can not
assent to discrimination against Great
Britain without her consent
Why They Did 1t.
SIOUX FALLS, June 24-The myste-